Internet and ambiguity: Correct and incorrect are now a matter of choice

The tendency towards self-affirming homogeneity, often led by a celebrity, is creating havoc for governance

Everyone thinks the Internet’s positive side far outdoes its negative one. That is true.

The former comprises the unfettered freedom of expression. The latter comprises a different form of the same thing, like porn and such like.

Many governments have tried to restrict the former because they don’t want to be criticised. But no one, to the best of my knowledge, ever has sought to put a nonsense filter on the Net.

The result is an explosion of nonsense never been witnessed before. The Net has made gurus of charlatans.

This would not matter except for one thing: if enough people think that all